Like most women I have lots of black items in my closet. In the web design world, SEO (Search Engine Optimization) has been the “basic black”, but it is time for a new addition to your basic web wardrobe. Move over SEO, it is time to focus on CRO (Conversion Rate Optimization).

As soon as I saw Jenna's Logo Swap blog post, I knew it would be popular, but I never anticipated how popular. The funny images created when she swapped famous logos delighted our regular readers and attracted the attention of a number of branding, creative and design websites. The post was featured on Design Taxi, Creative Blog, Fast Company, and Logo Design Love, to name just a few.

Suddenly typing stopped being a job or a career and it became a skill every entry-level employee needed to have. Eventually it worked its way up the corporate ladder and eventually even senior executives would type at least some of the own communications. Social media is a lot like typing.

If you want to be considered a subject matter expert you will have to spend a good deal of time writing blog posts, creating slides for seminars, recording podcasts and assembling white papers. You aren't going to establish your authority with one or two pieces of information on the subject since both readers and search engines are looking for more than one reference as proof.